Improvement in



A. OROWELL. Apple Career and Slicer,

Nb. 2l5',330. PaTte nted May 13; 1879 WITNESSESZ A L INVENTO'RI N-PETERSfFHOTO I-ITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT GROWELL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE CORER AND SLICER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,330, dated May 13,1879; application filed September 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I ALBERT ORowELL,-of the city and county of Providence,and State of Rhode Island, have inven ted new and usefulImprovcments inApple Oorer and Slicer; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanyingdrawin gs, forming part'of this specification.

Figure l is a sectional view of 'my improved apple corer and slicer,showing an apple partially cored and sliced in broken lines. Fig. 2 is abottom view of the same, showing the central tube and the radial knivessecured to the same and strengthened by a wire ring.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and handyutensil by which appies, pears, and similar fruit may be cored andsliced.

My invention consists in the combination, with a tapering coring tube,of triangular sheet-metal knives, having their base portions curved tofit against the tube and be firmly secured thereto, and awire ring, towhich the extreme outer ends of the knivesare attached.

In the drawings, a represents a tapering tube of sufficient length toform a handle,,by which the device may be operated by the hand.

To the lower end of the tapering tube aresecured the triangular knivesb, the inner and wide portions of the knives being curved to correspondwith the curved surface of the tube, whereby each knife is furnishedwith a broad sur ace bearing against the tube, and is thereby enabled tobe secured thereto by soldering, so that there will be no danger of thedisplacement of the knives when subjected to hard usage. These knivesare arranged radially about the tube, and their outer ends secured to awire ring, 0.

It will thus be observed that each knife is firmly braced and preventedfrom buckling. The tube a is made tapering, to allow of the readydislodgment of the cores therefrom.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An apple corer and slicer consisting in the combination, with thetapering tube a and the wire ring 0, of the series of triangular knivesb, the latterhaving their inner ends curved, to fit flatwisc against thesurface of the tube, and their outer ends secured to the wire ring,substantially as set forth.

ALBERT ORO'WELL.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. MILLER, JOSEPH A. MILLER, Jr.

